Donna Paloy, LCSW

Licensed in Florida · 25 years in practice

Donna Paloy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience.

License and registration

LCSW, Florida: SW11773 · expires March 2027
NPI: 1508178237 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 25
Languages: English

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About Donna

Donna Paloy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and attention challenges. She speaks plainly and moves at a steady pace so parents and caregivers can feel understood and heard.

Donna takes a trauma-informed, whole-person approach. She blends evidence-based therapeutic techniques with mindfulness and creative expression. In sessions she focuses on practical steps that build clarity, confidence, and a calmer day-to-day life.

Background and approach

Her work includes supporting people dealing with self-esteem struggles, grief, chronic illness, caregiver stress, body image, and relationship communication problems. She also addresses attachment and abandonment concerns, adoption and foster care issues, and dynamics related to alternative sexual cultures such as BDSM and kink. Donna favors methods that help regulate emotions and improve coping skills.

She helps clients break large problems into manageable goals and practices that can be used between sessions. This often includes simple mindfulness exercises and creative ways to name and shift difficult feelings. Clients can expect a collaborative tone in sessions.

Donna listens first, then helps shape a plan that fits the person’s life and priorities. She aims for steady progress rather than quick fixes, and she adjusts the work as needs change.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Donna lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Self esteem
Depression
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Attachment issues
Avoidant personality
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Blended family issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fertility issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
HIV / AIDS
Hoarding
Immigration issues
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Intellectual disability
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Phobias
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexual dysfunction
Sexuality
Smoking / vaping cessation
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Traumatic brain injury
Trichotillomania
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Online support

How Donna Brings Evidence-Based Care Online

Donna uses a mix of evidence-based therapeutic techniques presented in clear, everyday language. One common approach focuses on skills training for emotion regulation and attention management, teaching practical steps to reduce overwhelm and improve focus. This work helps with anxiety, ADHD symptoms, and mood challenges. Another strand emphasizes trauma-informed care paired with mindfulness practice, which helps people notice triggers, reduce reactivity, and build steadier routines. That approach is useful for complex trauma, grief, and stress-related problems.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist listens to your goals and preferences, then suggests methods that match your needs. Together you try techniques and adjust the plan based on what helps most, with an emphasis on doable practices between sessions.

Online therapy with Donna uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different lives. Video lets you read body language and hold a longer conversation. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter voice-only check-in is easier. Live chat and text messaging provide brief, flexible ways to check in or keep momentum between longer sessions. These options make it easier to stay consistent while balancing family, work, and caregiving demands.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Donna often address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self-esteem struggles, and ADHD. She also helps with related issues like grief, chronic illness, caregiver stress, body image, and communication problems.

What is her general therapy style?

Her style is trauma-informed and practical. She blends evidence-based techniques with mindfulness and creative expression to build coping skills and clarity.

How much experience does she bring?

Donna has 25 years of clinical experience working with people facing complex emotional and life challenges.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - practicing in Florida.

Which languages are supported and are international sessions available?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are offered?

Therapy can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How is cost handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and is managed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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